The New Jersey Devils goaltender, after failing to finish Sunday's game at Yankee Stadium, praised the event but ripped the ice. He also signed off on Cory Schneider taking his place for the third period, even though, based on the current state of their games, Schneider should start, uh, all the time.

So, some bad, some good. His calling the surface "the worst ice I ever played hockey on" is getting the most attention, and it's certainly not a wise thing to say; the Devils and Rangers both near-uniformly said the ice was fine, both Sunday and Saturday, and temperatures were more than cold enough to back that up during the Rangers' 7-3 win.

Either way, it comes off less than well for a guy who'd just allowed six goals on 21 shots. They weren't all his fault, necessarily, but six goals are six goals, and excuses are excuses. Or maybe the ice was that terrible, and he was just telling the truth. In a weird way, it was nice to see someone have something negative to say after an outdoor game. Not everything about them is automatically awesome.

"You rely a lot on instinct, noise and stuff like that," Brodeur said, according to Yahoo! Sports' Sean Leahy. "I just had zero feeling. I can't close my glove. Can't catch a puck. Everything was frozen. The puck hits you, it's tough. When it hits you, it's fun. When it doesn't, not as fun."

Even he brought up more positives than negatives.

"The whole atmosphere about this event — the mixed fans in the building, the aura of playing at Yankee Stadium, the whole thing was unbelievable — except the hockey game," Brodeur said, according to NJ.com's Tom Gulitti.

There it is again, though. Maybe Brodeur's particularl hockey game wasn't unbelievable. It sure seemed like other people had a decent day. Mats Zuccarello, for example, had two goals. The ice looked like it worked for him.

Devils coach Peter DeBoer was more diplomatic.

"You’re not going to get perfect conditions when you stick a rink in the middle of a baseball stadium in late January, but I thought the entire event from the ice, to the production to the environment to the crowd was outstanding," he said.

DeBoer also said Brodeur suggested that Schneider get in on the experience after the second period. Considering that Schneider's save percentage on the season is .927 and Brodeur's is now .899, it was a good hockey decision, too.